Cherry-pitter.



W. J. MACK.

CHERRY PITTER.

`MPLIGATIQN FILED sEPT.11, 1907.l

91 1,828. Patented Feb.9, 1909.

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WILLIAM J. MACK, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CARRIE D.

yDILLEMUTH7 OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

CHERRY-PITTER.

41 atemea Feb. e, 1909.

Application filed September 11, 1907. Serial No. 392,344.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. MACK, a

`citizen of the United States, residing at Bufvide a pitting-tool ofsimple and cheap construction, whereby the pits of cherries can bequickly and easily removed without unnecessarily destroying the meat ofthe fruit.

A further object is, the production of a device of this kind soconstructed that it can be easily handled, and while held on the handcan be swung into diiferent positions so that the user can stem cherrieswithout inconvenience and without removing the tool from the hand.

With the above and other objects in view, as will more fully appearhereinafter, the invention consists in certain features of constructionand arrangement of parts to be hereinafter describedand moreparticularly pointed out in the subjoined claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification,-Figure 1 is a viewillustrating the manner of using my improved tool for pitting cherries.Fig. 2 is a view showing the tool swung into a position of disuse sothat the user will be free to use the hand for other purposes. Fig. 3 isa plan lview of the device. Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section ofthe same. Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross section through the pitting-eye.

Similar numerals of reference refer to similar parts throughoutthe'several figures in the drawings.

The tool is formed of a piece of metal shaped to provide a narrowpitting portion 6, and a wide handle 7 gradually diminished in widthtoward said pitting portion. The pitting portion is formed by stampingan opening 8 in the narrow end of the tool and bulging a narrow strip ofmetal downward to form a bowed pit-retainer 10. The pitting portion ispreferably pointed, as at 11, so that it can be quickly inserted into acherry and forced underneath the pit thereof, after which a slightupward pull will remove the pit from the cherry without drawing out anyportion of the meat. V"The pitretainer acts to prevent a pit smallerthan the eye from passing through the latter. The metal at the lsidesand front of the eye is quite thin so as to cut freely through the meatwhen withdrawing the pit.

The handleV 7 has a plurality of openings 12 of dierent sizes, throughone of which the smallest finger of the hand is adapted to enter; thethumb and remaining iingers of the hand grasping the handle between theopening through which the iinger is passed and the pitting-portion ofthe tool, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

By providing a plurality of o enings the tool can be easily manipulatedy children aswell as adults; the location and size of the openings beingsuch that the tool will easily fit hands of different sizes.`

When the user of this tool desires to stem cherries or attend to otherwork, it will not` be necessary to remove the tool from the hand to betaken up again when itting, as Vit is merely necessary to release t ethumb and fingers grasping the handle and allow the tool to swing on thesmallest finger of the hand, as shown in Fig. 2, when the thumb andremaining lingers are free for use otherwise. This is a very importantfeature of my invention, since it guards against mislaying the tool, andis particularly desirable when stemming cherries between times ofpitting.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is,-

1.r A cherry-pitter formed of a piece of flat metal having an eye at oneend and a pitretainer connecting opposite sides of said eye.

2. A cherry-pitter having an eye at one end and a bowed pit retainerarranged lengthwise of said eye, substantially as set forth.

. 3. A cherry-pitter formed of a flat piece of metal pointed at one endand having an eye at said pointed end and a bowed pitretainer arrangedcentrally of said eye.

4. A cherry-pitter formed of a Hat piece of metal having ahandle-portion and a pittingportion, said handle-portion having anopening and said pitting-portion having an eye and a curved pit-retainerarranged centrally of said eye.

